When Anthony Hervey was in the 6th grade, growing up in Florida, his mother told him not to play alto sax like his siblings, but rather the trumpet. Mama knew best, and two minutes of listening to Freddie Hubbard sealed the deal. A graduate of Juilliard, I first heard him on Christian McBride's tribute to Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery and Oliver Nelson. Then I saw him live with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, and the deal was sealed for me. Words From My Horn is Anthony's debut, and it has him alongside pianists Isaiah J. Thompson and Sean Mason, bassist Philip Norris, alto saxophonist Sarah Hanahan and drummer Miguel Russell.
You can see him on our trip to Caramoor on July 22.
From Monday, July 10 through Friday, July 14, one cut from the Words from My Horn album will be featured each morning on the New Day, New Play spotlight on my Daybreak show.
Preview “Crystal Stair” from Words from My Horn, above.
